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Qillwani
Qillwani (Aymara ''qillwa, qiwña, qiwlla'' Andean gull, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the Andean gull", also spelled ''Kelluani, Quellhuani, Quelluani'') is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, near the western border of the Guanay Municipality. It lies southeast of Ch'iyar Juqhu, northwest of Chachakumani and northeast of Patapatani. Qillwani ''(Kellhuani)'' is also the name of the river which originates southwest of the mountain. Its waters flow to Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca (; es, Lago Titicaca ; qu, Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. By volume of water and by surface area, ... along the village of Qillwani ''(Kellhuani, Kellwani)''.Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Lago Khara Kkota References Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cordillera Real (Bolivia)
The Cordillera Real is a mountain range in the South American Altiplano of Bolivia. This range of fold mountains, largely composed of granite, is located southeast of Lake Titicaca, and east of the Bolivian capital of La Paz, measuring 125 km in length and 20 km in width. Despite the fact that it is only 17° south of the Equator, the Cordillera Real is relatively densely glaciated. This is due to its proximity to the Amazon lowlands with its associated moist air masses. Mountains The highest mountain in the range is Illimani at . Other notable peaks are: (unnamed) See also * Cordillera Kimsa Cruz * Ch'iyar Quta References Real Real may refer to: Currencies * Brazilian real (R$) * Central American Republic real * Mexican real * Portuguese real * Spanish real * Spanish colonial real Music Albums * ''Real'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) (2000) * ''Real'' (Bright album) (2010) ... {{LaPazBO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chachakumani
Chachacomani (possibly from Quechua ''chachakuma'' a medical plant) is a mountain in the Cordillera Real of the Andes Mountains, east of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Guanay Municipality, southeast of Chearoco. Some of the nearest mountains are Wari Umaña in the southwest and Qillwani in the northwest.Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Comunidad Amaguaya 5946-III Said to be one of the least climbed peaks in the Cordillera Real, the mountain has an elevation of above sea level. The measured height has never been accurately measured, and may differ by up to , but the peak is ascertained to be over in height. Notably, the deep and sheltered valleys around the mountain produce many distinct microclimates, which form lakes and other formations that support many species of birds. File:Titicacameer1.jpg, The Cordillera Real as seen from Lake Titicaca with Chearoco and Chachacomani in the center. File:Chachacomani_from_Lago_Titicaca. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larecaja Province
Larecaja is a province in the Bolivian La Paz Department. It was founded by Antonio José de Sucre on October 18, 1826. Its capital is Sorata. Geography The Cordillera Real traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are Illampu and Janq'u Uma. Other mountains are listed below:Bolivian IGM maps 1:50,000 Milluni 5945-II, Peñas 5945-III and Sorata 5846-I Parts of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area and the Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve and Communal Lands lie in the Larecaja Province. Subdivision Larecaja Province is divided into eight municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons. Languages The languages spoken in the Larecaja Province are mainly Aymara, Spanish and Quechua. The following table shows the number of those belonging to the recognised group of speakers. See also * Ch'alla Quta * Ch'uch'u Jawira * Ch'usiq Uta * Janq'u Quta * Warus Quta * Laguna Glaciar __NOTOC__ Laguna Glaciar (Spanish fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guanay Municipality
Guanay Municipality (Aymara: ''Wanay'') is the second municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Guanay. Geography The Cordillera Real traverses the Guanay Municipality. Some of the highest peaks of the range, Chachakumani Chachacomani (possibly from Quechua ''chachakuma'' a medical plant) is a mountain in the Cordillera Real of the Andes Mountains, east of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Guanay Municipality, ... and Ch'iyar Juqhu, lie within the borders of the municipality. More mountains are listed below:Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Comunidad Amaguaya 5946-III and Zongo 5945-I Languages The languages spoken in the Guanay Municipality are mainly Spanish, Aymara and Quechua. Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo See also * Janq'u Quta References www.ine.gob.bo / census 2001: Guanay Municipality Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patapatani
Patapatani (Aymara ''patapata'' many steps, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with many steps") is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, at the border of the Larecaja Province, Guanay Municipality, and the Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality Batallas Municipality is the third municipal section of the Los Andes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Batallas. Geography The Cordillera Real traverses the Batallas Municipality. Some of the highest mountains of .... Patapatani lies between the rivers Qillwani and Chachakumani, north-east of the mountain Wila Wilani. References Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ch'iyar Juqhu
Chearoco, Chiaraco or ChiarocoBolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Comunidad Amaguaya 5946-III (where the position of Ch'iyar Juqhu is possibly not labelled correctly) (all possibly from Aymara ''ch'iyara'' black, ''juqhu'' muddy place) is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It has a height of about . It is situated in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Guanay Municipality, southeast of the peak of Aman Pata. Chearoco lies between Qalsata in the northwest and Chachakumani in the southeast. The Aymara name of the mountain correlates with the names of the nearby area ''(Chiar Jokho)'' and the river Ch'iyar Juqhu ''(Chiar Jokho, Chiar Joko)'' which originates near the mountain. First Ascent Chearoko was first climbed by Erwin Hein (Austria), Alfred Horeschowski, Hugo Hoertnagel and Hans Pfann (Germany) 25 June 1928. Elevation Other data from available digital elevation models: ASTER 6078 metres and TanDEM-X 6106 metres. The height of the nearest key col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca (; es, Lago Titicaca ; qu, Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. By volume of water and by surface area, it is also the largest lake in South America.Grove, M. J., P. A. Baker, S. L. Cross, C. A. Rigsby and G. O. Seltzer 2003 Application of Strontium Isotopes to Understanding the Hydrology and Paleohydrology of the Altiplano, Bolivia-Peru. ''Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology'' 194:281-297. Lake Titicaca has a surface elevation of . The "highest lake" claim is generally considered to refer to commercial craft. Numerous smaller bodies of water (that are not considered lakes) around the world are at higher elevations. For many years, the largest vessel afloat on the lake was the 2,200-ton (2,425 U.S. tons), SS ''Ollanta''. Today, the largest vessel is most likely the similarly sized train barge/float ''Manco Capac'', operated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivia
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La Paz Department (Bolivia)
The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises with a 2012 census population of 2,706,359 inhabitants. It is situated at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with adjacent Peru. It contains the '' Cordillera Real'', which reaches altitudes of . Northeast of the Cordillera Real are the ''Yungas'', the steep eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains that make the transition to the Amazon River basin to the northeast. The capital of the department is the city of La Paz and is the administrative city and seat of government/national capital of Bolivia. Provinces The Department of La Paz is divided into 20 provinces (''provincias'') which are further subdivided into 85 municipalities (''municipios'') and - on the fourth level - into cantons. The provinces with their capitals are: Government The chief executive office of Bolivia's departments (since May 2010) is the Governor; before then, the office was called the Prefect, and until 2006 the prefect was appointed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S latitude), and has an average height of about . The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Along their length, the Andes are split into several ranges, separated by intermediate depressions. The Andes are the location of several high plateaus—some of which host major cities such as Quito, Bogotá, Cali, Arequipa, Medellín, Bucaramanga, Sucre, Mérida, El Alto and La Paz. The Altiplano plateau is the world's second-highest after the Tibetan plateau. These ranges are in turn grouped into three major divisions based on climate: the Tropical Andes, the Dry Andes, and the Wet Andes. The Andes Mountains are the highest m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aymara Language
Aymara (; also ) is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers.The other native American languages with more than one million speakers are Nahuatl, Quechua languages, and Guaraní. Aymara, along with Spanish and Quechua, is an official language in Bolivia and Peru. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile, where it is a recognized minority language. Some linguists have claimed that Aymara is related to its more widely spoken neighbor, Quechua. That claim, however, is disputed. Although there are indeed similarities, like the nearly identical phonologies, the majority position among linguists today is that the similarities are better explained as areal features rising from prolonged cohabitation, rather than natural genealogical changes that would stem from a common protolanguage. Aymara is an agglutinating and, to a cert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andean Gull
The Andean gull (''Chroicocephalus serranus'') is a species of gull in the family Laridae. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus ''Larus''. It is found in the Andes in mountainous regions of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It is unusual for a gull in that it breeds inland in mountain areas. It may be variously found around rivers, freshwater lakes, saline marshes, and pastureland. Description At long, the Andean gull is large for a black-headed gull (it is the largest gull with that kind of plumage in the Americas). It is the largest species in the genus ''Chroicocephalus'' and has a dark hood, a pale grey back and a pattern of black and white on its primaries. Distribution and habitat The Andean gull is known from Chile, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia where it breeds in mountainous areas, usually at elevations of over . In areas with harsh winters it migrates to lower elevations in winter, sometim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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